Encephalomyelitis with thyrotoxicosis

✍ Scribed by S. Bassi; M. G. Albizzati; A. Beltramelli; L. Frattola

• Book ID: 104717421
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 141 KB
• Volume: 218
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-5354
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00312885

✦ Synopsis

A case of thyrotoxicosis associated with neuropathy and encephalomyelitis is reported which gradually improved as regards the hyperthyroidism and the neurological deficit during treatment with Tapazole. The possible role of the nervous system of an excess of thyroxine or an autoimmune factor as a cause of the involvement is discussed.